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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The HUD-VASH Case manager is a critical position within the Lexington VA Health Care System.
- →Under the direction of the Homeless Program manager and Chief of Mental health, this case manager will coordinate and provide intensive clinical case management services to move veterans and their families out of homelessness.
- →The HUD-VASH case manager has experience that demonstrates possession of advanced independent practice skills.
- →The primary component of this position is to provide on-going clinical case management services, designed to improve veteran's health and mental health, enhancing their ability to remain stable, housed and community-integrated.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Responsible for direct linkages between the veteran and the local housing authority and is responsible for direct referrals for Section 8 housing vouchers as it pertains to the HUD-VASH program.
- →Works closely with the VA medical center's homeless programs, VA residential and outpatient services, community care programs and transitional living facilities to ensure that coordination between these entities is facilitated.
- →Provides and facilitates veterans' direct care with referral and follow-up being contiguous and based on a continuum of services.
- →Independently provide clinical psychological case management services at an advanced practice level for eligible veterans and their family members in the program.
- →Must make independent decisions and design policy and procedures that allow them to develop a system of care delivery in a rural and urban environment.
- →Provide treatment through a well-defined program which includes clinical assessment, supportive therapeutic supervision clinical case management, medical consultation, bio-psychosocial treatment and rehabilitation, supportive group and or milieu therapy, psycho-education services, occasional vocational counseling and rehabilitation, substance abuse counseling, and socialization.
- →Responsible for data collection, administrative record keeping and monitoring patient or program clinical indicators and performance measurements.
- →Implements and maintains referral and screening procedures for potential HUD-VASH veteran participants that meet national and local policies.
- →Conducts and participates in activities including field interviews, assessment and referrals for homeless veterans contacted in the community, shelters, and "on the streets." Maintains current and establishes new relationships with other community-based service providers for the homeless, and when appropriate, represents VA at community service provider meetings.
- →Evaluates for admission to HUD-VASH; the veteran's situation, abilities, capabilities, and assesses for vulnerability and prioritization.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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